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Originally Posted by Sliver
Because it's fun. It's special to believe in magic. To believe there's a benevolent guy that goes around bringing joy to your home for the sake of bringing joy. To think that every little kid in the world is having the same special day you are.
There is a lifetime to face reality. Making childhood special for your kid is a responsibility and most of us are lucky enough on this forum to be able to provide that for our children.
I can't think of a better way to articulate this for you. It's just intrinsically nice and good. If you can't understand that on an intuitive level, let alone with my half-ass response and that of others, then there isn't much more we can say.
One other point, though. Once Santa goes, so too go elves, and flying reindeer, and sleighs. Forget Rudolph. No more letters to Santa. Sitting on his lap. Seeing and meeting him. He's the lynch pin for a lot of what makes Christmas special for little kids. I think being dismissive of how important he is for your kids and others' kids shows a disrespect for our traditions and for the effort so many of us put into adding to the happiness for kids around this time of year. And for nothing. There's no upside to prematurely telling the truth. Just be fun, man.
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I'm not saying to tell your kid that Santa isn't real just for fun, however I think the only reason kids care about Santa is because they like getting gifts from him. Once they stop thinking Santa is real and they find out they still get gifts that's pretty much all that matters to them.
Yes it was a dick move for the kid to tell your kid Santa isn't real, but you also dropped the ball with the way you handled it. You made up a new lie, to cover yourself because you didn't think that your kid was ready to hear the truth. Kids hear stuff from other kids at school all the time, likely the only reason your son brought it up to you is because he has doubts of his own to begin with.